METHODIST LOYALTY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1166, 29 June 1911, Page 4

METHODIST LOYALTY.

—t ADDRESS TO KING AND GOVERNOR. ' A deputation from the Methodist Conference waited on his Excellency tho. Governor, Lord Islington, yesterday, and presented two addresses, one to tho king, to ba transmitted through his Excel--, lencv, and the other to the Governor himself. Those present wero the Revs. '. ?,• Spenee and J. G. Chapman, and . Mr. W. E. Redstone. Tho following is tho text of the ad- , dress to King George V:— } May it please Your Most Gracious Majesty,-— Wo, the ministers and laymen constituting the Conference of the Methodist Church in the Dominion of New Zealand, assembled in Christchurch, A.]). 1911, desire to convey to your _• Majesty and all the members of., tho .. f. lioyal Family our most'profound sym-' pathy in the irreparable loss sustained I by llio death of your Majesty's einin- " ent and lxdoved father, our Sover- ' eign Lord, King Edward VII, of pre- : vious memory, and immortal famo aa Edward the Peacemaker. • ' . Tho visit of ' your Majesty and. Queen Mnry to this Dominion lives in our memory, and is an additional tie binding us to the Imperial Throne. Wo hail with great satisfaction tlm accession of your Most Gracious Majesty, and, in common with your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, desire to offer to your Majesty our expression of unabated loyalty and- at- ' tachment to your Majesty's person and tliMne. i We trust that by the blessing of Almighty God your Majesty's reign may bo long, happy, and prosperous, ana that, in ovcry part of your wide Empire there may be continued peace. Signed on.behalf of the, conference... GeOrgo W. J. Sponco, • President. C. 11. Laws, Ex-President. Samuel Lawry, Secretary, . The address to his Excellency tho''Govt'Dnior was as under:— : . May it please your.Excellency,— of the.sjiiiual:Confer-'. >•. enco of the Methodist CliurcV of Aus- . tralasia in New Zealand beg to tender to your Excellency hearty congratulations on your appointment as representative of his Majesty in this Dominion. We approach your Excellency .with feelings of unfeigned respect, and pray that Almighty God may grant, you a happy term in these sea-girt isles,.and keep the influence of your high name and office ever on the sido of righteousness that exalts nations. Wo wish also to express to . your Excellency our hearty loyalty to tho throne and person of. his Most Gracious Majesty King and sin- . cerely pray that in the providence of God ho-may enjoy a long and prosperous reign. Wo trust that during your Excellency's term of office tho Dominion , may enjoy religious, social, and commercial advancement, and that its future may ho one of increasing prosperity. On behalf of the conference, wo • have the honour to be Your Excellency's humble servants, Georgo W. J. Speuce, President. Samuel Lawry, Secretary. His Excellency returned thanks for the address to himself, and promised to forward the other to his Majesty King' George. ' . . . .